Fortunately, there is also Julia Roberts, who did not disappoint me. In the past, she portrayed the pretty woman of the grass-roots class as a lively, big-mouthed girl, and now she is no less graceful and luxurious in the role of the upper-class concubine. No wonder she has been a Hollywood actress for a long time. Top spot.
As I watched it, I kept thinking about the wonders of causation and reincarnation: when Charlie roamed the upper echelons and lobbied for $5 million to $1 billion a year for the Afghan guerrillas, when Americans celebrated charlie three. When the group achieved what they had achieved, did they expect "911" 12 years later? Did they ever imagine that the Stinger missiles they had devised would one day be used to shoot down their own planes? Did they ever think that they alone caused Al Qaeda to grow from nothing, from weak to strong?
The Americans finally ended the protracted Cold War as they wished, but unexpectedly started a war on terror that may be more protracted and difficult in the new century.
The ball keeps bouncing, you never know and we'll see.
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